
93 This was long after the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, which granted citizenship to African Americans but not, the Supreme Court decided in Elk v. citizenship until long after African Americans and women were, with many having to wait until the Nationality Act of 1940 to become citizens. Ironically, Native Americans were not granted the full rights and protections of U.S. Native Americans have long suffered the effects of segregation and discrimination imposed by the U.S.


